Effects on cats A domestic cat demonstrating the effects of catnip: ...nepetalactone, a terpene, that is thought to mimic feline sex pheromones. Cats detect it through their vomeronasal organs. When cats sense...

Even though cats go crazy and some even seem drugged around catnip it's not a drug. It...it releases a certain chemical that most cats respond to. All cats respond differently to catnip. Some of them walk away cuz they couldn'...